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1999 Wake Forest

7–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Caldwell.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1999, game by game: won at Army 34–15; lost at Virginia 7–35; won vs. No. 25 NC State 31–7; won vs. Rutgers 17–10; lost vs. Maryland 14–17; lost at No. 1 Florida State 10–33; won vs. UAB 47–3; lost vs. Clemson 3–12; won at North Carolina 19–3; lost at Duke 35–48; won vs. No. 14 Georgia Tech 26–23; won vs. Arizona State 23–3+44−28Won 34–15 at Army+19ArmyLost 7–35 at Virginia-28VirginiaWon 31–7 vs. No. 25 NC State+24No. 25 NC StateWon 17–10 vs. Rutgers+7RutgersLost 14–17 vs. Maryland-3MarylandLost 10–33 at No. 1 Florida State-23No. 1 Florida StateWon 47–3 vs. UAB+44UABLost 3–12 vs. Clemson-9ClemsonWon 19–3 at North Carolina+16North CarolinaLost 35–48 at Duke-13DukeWon 26–23 vs. No. 14 Georgia Tech+3No. 14 Georgia TechWon 23–3 vs. Arizona State+20Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atArmyW 34–⁠1544%
Sep 18atVirginiaL 7–⁠3527%
Sep 25vs25NC StateW 31–⁠744%
Oct 2vsRutgersW 17–⁠1076%
Oct 9vsMarylandL 14–⁠1762%
Oct 16at1Florida StateL 10–⁠3311%
Oct 23vsUABW 47–⁠363%
Oct 30vsClemsonL 3–⁠1255%
Nov 6atNorth CarolinaW 19–⁠352%
Nov 13atDukeL 35–⁠4862%
Nov 20vs14Georgia TechW 26–⁠2331%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvsArizona StateAloha BowlW 23–⁠341%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona State 23–⁠3 in the Aloha Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1999.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
266–⁠209
Coach
Jim Caldwell
Elo
1526 +91 this season
SP+ rating
4.0 No. 50 of 114; offense No. 92, defense No. 23
SRS
6.5 No. 35 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
George Belu and Jamie Barresi
Defensive coordinator
James Bell
Captains
Jammie Deese, Dustin Lyman, DaLawn Parrish and Ben Sankey
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 2Fred Robbins DTMinnesota Vikings
Rd 3Dustin Lyman TEChicago Bears
Rd 4Reggie Austin DBChicago Bears

All-ACC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1999 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1999 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠012–⁠01
Georgia Tech5–⁠38–⁠420
Virginia5–⁠37–⁠5
Clemson5–⁠36–⁠6
Wake Forest3–⁠57–⁠5
NC State3–⁠56–⁠6
Duke3–⁠53–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠65–⁠6
North Carolina2–⁠63–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.